Hello all! I'm so happy to be getting hits on the story even though Hellsing is probably one of the anime's most people don't write or read about anymore. Thank you to all who have read this and given it a chance! This chapter is for you all. :)

Not a long update today, but I promise I will make it up to you all who are reading in the next chapter!

The Deal

CH III

"Your mission is simple." Integra sat at the head of the table while Alucard, Seras and Alice watched her with full attention. "Information regarding the enemy's movement has reached Hellsing, and orders for immediate reaction have been issued by the Queen herself. You will be infiltrating Red Orchid to find and assassinate the head of the organization."

Alice's eyes grew wide. "Excuse me?!"

"I'm afraid these are your orders." Integra looked at her. "I understand your feelings on the matter due to the recent changes in employment, but I'm afraid this mission will need your assistance. Not only do you have the building's layout completely memorized, but your abilities will be of use to their fullest potential."

"I won't be used as means to destroy Red Orchid, Sir Integra." Alice narrowed her eyes. "Despite my forced employment here, Red Orchid still believes I am in their ranks and are unaware of my current situation."

Integra smirked. "Ah yes, all the more reason for you to join Alucard and Seras on this mission. One could say that this will be considered your formal renouncing of your employment in their establishment."

Alucard glanced at Alice from the corner of his eye and smirked while watching her intently. Her fists were clenched and shook while she reined in her temper.

"You will join them without argument, Alice." Integra narrowed her bright blues at the girl before her. "Am I understood?"

Alice scoffed and readied a nasty reply, until a hand firmly grasped her shoulder. Her eyes flickered back and noticed the hand that rested itself on her shoulder was gloved, meaning Alucard was much closer than she thought and was now offering her a friendly warning.

Blue met blue as Alice and Integra's eyes met in an intense stare. Alice remained silent for a moment before muttering something under her breath before saluting her new employer.

"Understood, sir."

x-x-x

"Hey hey!" A tall man dressed in a fancy black-tie suit walked over as Alice approached the front gates to Red Orchid. "Look who finally made it back!"

Alice forced herself to put on a bright smile. "Yeah, sorry about that. I guess you could say I underestimated my target."

"You? Underestimate a target?" The man bellowed out in a roaring laughter and threw his head back. "Ah, that's brilliant. Well, Sarge has been waiting for you to report back so you better go do it now. You know how he gets."

Alice nodded and bowed her head politely before stepping passed the man. Her breath caught in her throat when a hand suddenly grasped her upper arm.

"Hey... You okay?"

Alice turned back and looked at the man. "Of course. Why wouldn't I be?"

"It's just," He paused to find the correct words. "You seem a bit... Preoccupied. Something happen on your mission?"

"I'm fine Finn, I promise." Once again, a fake smile graced Alice's face.

The man, Finn, didn't seem entirely convinced, but let go of her arm nonetheless. Alice took the opportunity to escape and hurried herself into the building's main entrance. She quickly pulled out her security card and an ID, handing it to the guard that was sitting in the small office near the main doors leading to the lobby. Once the security check was cleared, the guard bid her 'good day' and allowed her entrance. Alice walked through them and paid no mind to whoever was lounging around the lobby or walking around in general, heading directly for the glass doors of the elevator.

"Hey, Alice!"

Damn it! Why is it every other day I'm practically invisible, but today everyone sees me!

Alice turned and looked over her shoulder, watching as Delilah approached her. The auburn -haired girl turned around and faced the pretty brunette with the bright hazel eyes as she walked over.

"Did you just get back from that stupid mission Sarge sent you on?" Delilah asked, following Alice into the elevator when the doors opened.

Alice nodded and leaned back against the railing that lined the back of the elevator and watched the doors close. "Yeah."

"Easy-peasy as always, right?" Delilah giggled.

"Of course." Alice looked at her and gave her a halfhearted grin. "Although this time, I actually was given a run for my money. The target I had was rather entertaining and gave me quite the workout."

"Nice!" Delilah grinned back. The girl reached up and clasped her hands behind her head before leaning back against the wall. "What was the targets name, anyways?"

"It was Colton Aldrich."

Delilah's hazel eyes widened in shock. "You took on Colton all by yourself? Are you crazy! I mean, you're kick-ass and all but... He's a beast."

"Correction," Alice smirked. "He was a beast."

Delilah shook her head and sighed. "You're insane, girlie. Completely insane."

Alice shrugged. "Better to be insane than not, right?"

"True, true." Delilah nodded in agreement. "So what do you have planned next?"

Alice's posture became rigid as Delilah's question rang through her mind. Her mind swam with fake reasoning and an answer began to formulate itself on the tip of her tongue, when the elevator dinged as it reached its destination, causing the words to shrivel and die in her mouth.

"I don't know yet." Alice sighed and pushed off the wall. "I'll talk to you late, 'kay?"

Delilah watched Alice with worried curiosity. "Yeah, sure. Dude, if you need to talk, you know you can come see me, right?"

Alice shot the girl a genuine smile and nodded before exiting the elevator.

The floor Alice picked to begin the Hellsing mission on brought her to the main military testing facility. The halls were lined with doors leading into weapon chambers and long-range target practice rooms. It was a floor Alice knew all too well.

Alice walked quickly down the main hall until she found her destination, opening the door and walking in making sure to silently close the door behind her. Sweat began to pool on her forehead at the thought of what was about happen, and her hands suddenly became shaky and clammy. Still, her feet carried her to the window on the other side of the room and her hands reached up to unlatch the lock, pushing the window upwards to open it completely.

"Well done."

Alice turned around and noticed a black shadow with piercing red eyes materialize behind her. In a matter of seconds, Alucard's figure rose up out of the shadows, followed by a terrified looking Seras.

Alice couldn't meet his eye. "Yeah, yeah... Let's just get this over with."

Alucard flashed a sharp-tooth smirk before turning and walking to the door, simply choosing to dissipate and walk right through the walls. Seras however, stood there in silence and waited for Alice to give her an order.

"Alright," Alice looked at the blonde. "You and I are going to the main office. If we're going to do this, we might as well take out the main half of the military. Red Orchid has extremely effective weaponry that are dangerous to most immortals. Alucard will most likely head to the testing half of the facility, seeing as how my little toys didn't particularly appeal to him."

Seras nodded and followed Alice out of the room, quietly walking behind her as they made their way down to the head office where Alice knew Sarge would be.

"Who are you going to kill first?" Seras asked, a hesitant back-tone evident in her voice.

Alice kept her eyes training a head of her. "My commanding officer. Once he is killed, we're going to set up the rest of the men and trap them."

"Why trap them?" Seras frowned.

Alice stopped in front of a giant, dark, wooden door that had a custom name plate attached to it. The name 'Sergeant Dale James Abercorn' was engraved into the detailed brass plate with the alias Sarge just under it. Alice stared at the name before she let out a low sigh.

"I can't bare the thought of seeing all their faces when I kill them."

With that, Alice grasped the handle to the door and twisted. Without another word, Alice walked in unannounced as Seras followed her. The blonde cautiously glanced around the room before her eyes locked onto a man sitting at a rather gigantic desk. He was surrounded by paperwork and looked as if he were in a light daze from fatigue.

Alice approached the man without falter and quickly drew the pistol Integra insisted she carry with her. With the safety off and hammer clicked back, Alice cocked the gun and aimed for her superiors head. At the sound of the gun being readied to fire, the man suddenly jolted into full consciousness and stood fast, his seat falling back at the velocity of rise.

"What the hell do you think you're doing Waverly?!" Sarge demanded, his hands bawling into fists on the surface of his desk.

Alice stared back at the man without remorse in her eyes. "I've been assigned a new mission by my new employer. I'm sorry it had to be this way. Please forgive me."

"New employer?!"

There was a moment of hesitation as Alice's finger curled around the trigger. Sarge noticed and took this as his opportunity to strike, reaching down into a drawer to his left and pulling out a pistol. Seras, having been standing there in silence, drew her own weapon and aimed the giant cannon at the man. Alice felt her spine tingle and her eyes sting as emotions began to well up inside her. The immediate feeling of sadness washed over her at the look of Sarge's wide eyes.

"You betrayed us for Hellsing, of all people." Sarge spat out, his teeth clenched together in an angry sneer. "You're even more pathetic than I thought you were, Alice. Nothing but an equal opportunist looking for a good fight. Not a willing and faithful soldier."

Sadness turned to rage as Alice felt the tears freely run down her cheeks. Her finger tightened around the trigger and before she could change her mind or fully realize what she was doing, Sarge crashed down on the floor with a loud thud, his dead body splayed out in behind his desk while the blood oozed out of the open wound embedded in his forehead.

"I followed you willingly and without question, and still you think so little of me." Alice whispered quietly, her eyes staring forward. "Goodbye Sarge, may you rest in peace."

Seras watched Alice with a slight frown as the auburn-haired girl turned around and strode purposefully to the other side of the room and threw the door open. The bangs hanging over Alice's face covered her crystal blues as she walked silently down the hallway. Seras followed after her quickly, sensing a disturbing change in Alice's mood. Sadness turned into rage, and that rage seemed to boil deeply, turning into something more dangerous and malicious.

The blonde jumped slightly as an alarm began to sound throughout the building. A voice screamed over the intercom broadcasting news of an intruder making his way through the lower levels of the building and that he was now making his way to the West Wing.

Seras felt her lips curl into a grin as she mentally praised the fact her master was an unstoppable force.

All the doors lining the hallway Alice and Seras stood motionless in flew open as waves of soldiers flooded through them.

"Hey look! Up a head! It's another intruder! Alice got her!"

Alice looked towards the man who spoke and felt her lips pull back into a nasty grin. Her hand flew up; the gun poised and ready before firing. All eyes stared wide with shock at the sight of one of their own turning against them, before aiming their own weapons at the two females.

"How could you Alice?!" Delilah suddenly pushed through the crowd, facing her friend with hurt clear in her eyes.

Alice looked at Delilah. At the sight of her friend, Alice expected her own emotions to cloud over her reason for being there, but to her surprise, she felt nothing. It was if she were facing a total stranger.

"Hello Delilah." Alice's voice was monotone and level. "Bye Delilah."

The air stilled and not a single breath could be heard. Delilah stared at Alice, her eyes shimmering with tears as her entire body trembled. Blood soaked her white blouse as the bullet wound in the middle of her chest bled profusely.

"Captain!" One man yelled, rushing to Delilah's side as she slumped down to the ground.

Alice watched the life leave her dearest friends eyes. The one vibrant hazel turned dull, the colour in her cheeks dissipating.

"Seras." Alice glanced back over her shoulder to the stunned blonde. "Lets end this so we can head up to the main office."

Seras nodded slowly before positioning her cannon on her shoulder, firing without hesitation. Alice hauled the second pistol from its holster and began firing, hitting each target in the forehead as the two advanced towards the stairwell. As more and more military personnel appeared, Alice and Seras shot and killed each and every one of them. Alice even went as far as to ruthlessly slice one of the soldier's throats with a machete she had picked up from one of the slain men left behind.

The two ran up the stairs catching two at a time, and before long they stood at the end of a long corridor lined with tall windows.

"Wow." Seras blinked. "It's almost as if we've stepped into Sir Integra's mansion."

Alice gave no response and simply walked forward towards the double doors at the end of the hall. Seras followed Alice and eyed her carefully. It was times like this that made the draculina wish she had her masters mind reading capabilities. Still having a heart for a human soul, Seras wished she could understand what Alice was going through and wondered what exactly she was thinking at this very moment. After aiding and leading a slaughter of a majority of Red Orchid soldiers, Seras pondered whether Alice was stable enough to finish this entire mission or if she would collapse with regret and sadness after realizing what she had just done.

"Well done." Alucard's voice echoed throughout the entire length of the hall. "I'm impressed you both managed to get this far without my assistance."

Alice made no reply but Seras looked back and gave a halfhearted glare to her master. Alucard merely smirked and followed the two at a distance until the three reached the doors.

"Would you like me to do the honours, young one?" Alucard looked at Alice.

Alice shook her head and stepped forward, reaching out to grab both handles tightly in her hands.

"No..." Alice grit her teeth together. "I'll do it."

With a careful twist of her wrists, Alice pushed the double doors open and walked into the room. Alucard and Seras followed her silently, before coming to stop behind Alice once more when the girl froze in place.

Alice stared forward in shock, her lip quivering and her body trembling. The sight before her compelled her eyes to remain trained on the person sitting at the large desk stationed in front of a giant bay window. Words caught in her throat and made it impossible to speak, leaving her staring with her mouth agape and her face stunned. The figure in front of her simply smiled and relaxed their chin atop their folded fingers, their elbows placed comfortably on the desk below them.

"Why, hello Alice."

Oouu, cliffhanger! Haha, didn't really mean to finish it off this way, but I did.

Not a lot of Alucard in this one. That, and we see a whole new side of Alice.

... Not that I can say as I blame her, really. I'd probably drop into an unstable state of mind if I were in her position.

Sorry to those of you who are reading this story and enjoy the lengthy chapters. I wrote this in a hurry because the idea was stuck in my head, so I figured I better finish it now before it fluttered off somewhere. I also apologize for the lack of detail. Again, I was pressed for time.

Please leave a comment about who you think we'll be seeing in the next chapter as the head of Red Orchid, and also, what would you like to see more of? Whether it be more one-on-one time with Alice and Alucard, or some gory, gruesome fights, you name it and I'll see to it that it gets put in!

Tataa for now!